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Page 93
... Svans ( page 103 ) . Although most of their customs retain a heathen stamp , the Svans are Christians . Their religion allows them to eat pork , and they do so as often as they can afford it . Because of the pork - eating propensities ...
... Svans ( page 103 ) . Although most of their customs retain a heathen stamp , the Svans are Christians . Their religion allows them to eat pork , and they do so as often as they can afford it . Because of the pork - eating propensities ...
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... Svans , hundreds of years before , the West Svan prince having been sent home from the wars , naked , unarmed and on foot , the greatest disgrace that can befall a Caucasian prince . In every village the soil was tilled in common ...
... Svans , hundreds of years before , the West Svan prince having been sent home from the wars , naked , unarmed and on foot , the greatest disgrace that can befall a Caucasian prince . In every village the soil was tilled in common ...
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... Svans are not always the most pleasant company . As late as 1939 a Russian geological expedition was attacked by Svan bandits , the leader mur- dered , and another member wounded . Our displeasure at finding the territory in- habited ...
... Svans are not always the most pleasant company . As late as 1939 a Russian geological expedition was attacked by Svan bandits , the leader mur- dered , and another member wounded . Our displeasure at finding the territory in- habited ...
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Wartime in the Pacific Northwest United States and Canada By FREDERICH SIMPICH 421 | 139 |
Summed up in Prime Minister Churchills Unflinching Words By HARVEY KLEMMER | 141 |
Ships Bound for Faraway Battlegrounds Stream | 197 |
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